Services for you

Faculty Services

Reserve Materials
Materials can be placed on reserve by the faculty for their students to use. Loan periods for materials are designated by faculty. Faculty can also choose to have the item designated as in library only use. Forms to place items on reserve are available at the circulation desks. Materials to be placed on reserve require a 24 hour processing period. To borrow materials, students must have a student ID card. Fines will be charged on overdue items.  Students can search for your reserve items using the Riverland Books.

Library Cards
Students are required to have a student identification card to check out materials.  This includes reserve materials.  These cards can be obtained free of charge from the student services centers in all three campus locations.  Staff members should get a photo ID in the student service centers on each campus.  More information.

Requests to Purchase Materials
Faculty and staff are encouraged to select materials for the library which directly support their instructional needs. Please forward email requests to Kathleen Nelson or Angie Schaper.

Audio Visual Equipment
For audio visual equipment on the Austin campus send email to AU.AV Requests or call OIT Shawn Martin at 433-0815 or Bill Dowden 507-434-7384. On the Albert Lea campus send email to at AL.AV Requests.  Owatonna should contact OW.AV Requests or contact Shane Wrede at 455-2299.

Interlibrary Loan Service
ILL is a service for Riverland students, faculty, and staff that allows our patrons to request books and other materials from other libraries in Minnesota.   Patrons should make interlibrary loan request through MNPALS.  Further information on interlibrary loan can be found on the library website/library services for you.
Patrons should allow one-week for books and other items to be delivered to Riverland.  Books and other items can be picked up and returned at the library circulation desk. Paper copies of journal articles do not have to be returned.  Patrons can choose e-delivery  of journal articles. E-delivery messages will go to your GroupWise e-mail address.

Course Quickstart Requests

1. websites you would recommend (e.g. professional organizations in your field)
2. terms t suggest to the students for effective searches for books and articles.
3. professional Journals in your field.
   

Setting up Persistent Links
Persistent links are used to allow students to access ebooks, journal and newspaper articles by clicking on a link embedded in a webpage that will take them directly to the ebook or article.  These persistent links can be used in documents, power point presentations or in D2L.  Persistent links are also used on our Course Quickstart pages.